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Chargement... Florence Adler Swims Forever (2020)par Rachel Beanland
   Top Five Books of 2020 (856) Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre.  crazy4reading | Apr 16, 2024 |   Florence Adler, the family's eldest daughter, is a talented swimmer who dreams of competing in the Olympics one day. However, tragedy strikes when she drowns while training for a long-distance swim. The family decides to keep Florence's death a secret from her younger sister, Fannie, who is pregnant and on bed rest. They do this to avoid causing her any stress, which could harm her unborn child. As the summer progresses, the Adler family must navigate their grief and the secrets they are keeping from one another. Florence's mother, Esther, struggles to come to terms with her daughter's death and takes on the responsibility of caring for Fannie's unborn child. Florence's father, Joseph, tries to keep the family together while dealing with his own guilt and grief. As the summer comes to an end, the Adler family must face the truth about Florence's death and confront the secrets they have been keeping from one another. Overall, Florence Adler Swims Forever is a captivating novel that keeps you turning each page. (  ) lizyrh | May 18, 2023 | I do this so often - read books with parallel stories whether fiction or nonfiction - and the coincidences are amazing. I just completed reading A Bookshop in Berlin - a true story of one woman's escape from Nazi Germany. That story had a lot of information about the challenges Jews faced in obtaining visas to leave Germany, similar to this book. ( ) Kimberlyhi | Apr 15, 2023 | ) efoland | Jan 23, 2023 |  ) terran | Nov 9, 2022 | aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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HTML:"The perfect summer read" (USA TODAY) begins with a shocking tragedy that results in three generations of the Adler family grappling with heartbreak, romance, and the weight of family secrets over the course of one summer. *A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * One of USA TODAY's "Best Books of 2020" * One of Good Morning America's "25 Novels You'll Want to Read This Summer" * One of Parade's "26 Best Books to Read This Summer" Atlantic City, 1934. Every summer, Esther and Joseph Adler rent their house out to vacationers escaping to "America's Playground" and move into the small apartment above their bakery. Despite the cramped quarters, this is the apartment where they raised their two daughters, Fannie and Florence, and it always feels like home. Now, Florence has returned from college, determined to spend the summer training to swim the English Channel, and Fannie, pregnant again after recently losing a baby, is on bedrest for the duration of her pregnancy. After Joseph insists they take in a mysterious young woman whom he recently helped emigrate from Nazi Germany, the apartment is bursting at the seams. Esther only wants to keep her daughters close and safe but some matters are beyond her control: there's Fannie's risky pregnancy—not to mention her always-scheming husband, Isaac—and the fact that the handsome heir of a hotel notorious for its anti-Semitic policies, seems to be in love with Florence. When tragedy strikes, Esther makes the shocking decision to hide the truth—at least until Fannie's baby is born—and pulls the family into an elaborate web of secret-keeping and lies, bringing long-buried tensions to the surface that reveal how quickly the act of protecting those we love can turn into betrayal. "Readers of Emma Straub and Curtis Sittenfeld will devour this richly drawn debut family saga" (Library Journal) that's based on a true story and is a breathtaking portrayal of how the human spirit can endure—and even thrive—after tragedy. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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It was nice to read a book in a setting that I am familiar with. This book is set in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Hearing and reading about the area in the 1930's was interesting. You have this Jewish family who has a business and two adult girls. Living their lives and tragedy hits the family. (